Thursday, May 1

Miami and Key West trip... WOO HOO!

My trip to Florida in pictures and a little text


Flight to Atlanta. Before I thought I was going to die.




Me sitting on the Hollywood, FL beach... perfection...



Shot of the ocean. First time I'd ever seen it/been in it.
Gray haze on horizon on far right is a cruise ship.



Fresh seafood join on Islamorada Key. Food: eh. Mango Colada: DELICIOUS!!



Famous sunset in Key West. There's a sunset celebration every night.



Robot guy and kid he interacted with. Kid was thrilled.


Elvis is alive! And in Key West!




Lots of cool architecture in Key West. Lots.



Mile Marker '0' on US 1. From inside a car, on the way out of town.



Keys and ocean on our way back up to Miami


Love the architecture and the rustic-ness.



Beautiful. Wish I was there again. Look a little familiar?
That's because those mango coladas were *so* good,
we stopped here on the way back up, too!



The only thing that would make this place better is a
hammock between 2 palm trees and me in that.


Lili, Patty, Me.

Versace mansion in South Beach, Miami


Art Deco architecture in South Beach


Peacocks @ Everglades fan boat tour place.



Close-up of peacock


Pretty grackle on a faux totem pole (hey, we had to do a lot of waiting)


Greg, our captain


Pic of tour place


Pretty bird, right near shore


Fan boat! 1,000 hp!


GATOR!!!

There's a tree lizard hiding in there


Where the top layer of silver is is how much the Everglades have drained in 16 years. Sad.


Guy with a bachelor's from the University of Massachussetts in Psychology
sticking his hand into gator's mouth. Shockingly, he still has all his fingers.


More amazing feats with a gator


That's right. His head is in the gator's mouth.

In case you're wondering, all pics copyright ME 2009.